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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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